Lee, Seung-Taek interpret his work in this context But he also used these concepts as manifestation of his rejection of existing ideas and orders meaning that his real work had no relation with any sculptural concept whose initial goal was plasticity In the concept of non sculpture sculpture is neither anti nor pro in existing art but a rupture and a direct rejection It s also important in the same context to

Suzanne Bartos between merging and separating What I loved about Gosford Regional Gallery was the contrast between the very controlled culturally constructed Japanese garden and the wild tangle of lantana growing just outside the walls My work with lantana in the windows looking out into the garden is an attempt to play with this contrast I can feel the strong pull and seduction of the Japanese gardens To have such order is beautiful AND it really disturbs me In struggling with this I have been thinking about the developmental ideas of Melanie Klein a psychoanalyst She talks of when a child is first born how it doesn t distinguish itself from it s mother In a way the mother is just there to meet it s needs Gradually hopefully through gentle painful frustration the child comes to realise that the mother is a separate being to be afforded the respect that one expects for oneself However if the separation is traumatic then the child never grows to acknowledge that others exist separate from their own needs I was wondering if these ideas could inform thinking about how we might better relate to nature How we might develop the capacity to acknowledge natures